Even at a time of unprecedented challenges to the work of public health, there is room for optimism, says former CDC Director ...

IDAHO FALLS — Behind every confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in eastern Idaho is a team of public health investigators looking to contain it. Epidemiologist Mike Taylor called his job being a ...

TORONTO, May 10 -- The disease investigator was anxious. A terrifying, invisible illness was spreading like a predator in the city. It was already days ahead of him, and the detective knew he had just ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. H5N1 bird flu has been making a lot of headlines since last year, and for good reason: since March 2024 this subtype of ...

Every time we slap a mosquito taking a little nip of our blood, the West Nile virus crosses our minds. So we'll stop slapping long enough to give a thumbs up to seven students who are involved in a ...

A person living in New York has tested positive for the chikungunya virus in what state health officials say is the first reported transmission of the mosquito-borne illness within the United States ...

Health officials in New York confirmed a person tested positive for the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus in what is the first locally acquired case in the United States since 2019. The transmission ...